Technology

As technology has advanced, semiconductor chips have spread from computers and cars to toothbrushes and tumble dryers — they now lurk beneath the hood of a surprising number of products.

Chinese entrants swept all five categories, featuring technologies to improve civic life. But the advances could also be tools for surveillance.

Always feeling like you have to mask who you are is contributing to a one-dimensional version of what success looks like, particularly in the tech industry. 4 minute ReadAs a gay CEO who was in the closet until age 22, I’m familiar with the process of faking it.

IDrive has raised its price to $80 a year for 5 TB of storage, and starting August 16, Backblaze will raise its price to $70 per year. We’ve updated this guide to reflect IDrive’s price increase.

Stefan Thomas really could have used a quantum computer this year. The German-born programmer and crypto trader forgot the password to unlock his digital wallet, which contains 7,002 bitcoin, now worth $265 million.

Quantum technology is approaching the mainstream. Goldman Sachs recently announced that they could introduce quantum algorithms to price financial instruments in as soon as five years. Honeywell anticipates that quantum will form a $1 trillion industry in the decades ahead.

These great apps will help you organize your digital life, avoid unwanted distractions, and more. 10 minute ReadWhile the coronavirus pandemic is easing, remote work isn’t going anywhere.

In 2019, when NSO Group was facing intense scrutiny, new investors in the Israeli surveillance company were on a PR offensive to reassure human rights groups.

Between vaccine appointment notifications, store pickups, online food ordering, and a general increase in online ordering, I feel like I’ve created three times as many online accounts in the past 18 months than I did in all previous years combined.

Need more data for deep learning? Synthetic data companies will make it for you.

You might be familiar with Google Drive from its web interface or its mobile apps. But desktop software is available as well, allowing you to seamlessly sync files stored in your Google Drive with the file system on your Windows or macOS computer.

One lunchtime about three years ago, Hazel Savage and Aron Pettersson set a new piece of software running on a laptop then went to a nearby mall for a sandwich. They hoped, on their return, to have the answer to a question that would change the music industry: can a computer pick a hit record?

Yahoo Answers is not what most people would call a good source of information.

If you live in the U.S., there's a good chance you connect to the internet in your home using a wired modem. That number is a majority 63 percent, according to a Statista Global Consumer Survey conducted in 2020 in the United States.

DuckDuckGo, which is best known for its privacy-focused search engine, has announced a new service that aims to thwart email trackers. Email Protection is now available in beta.